National Republican., 1887-04-25

BROOKLYN, Apr. 2.-At the TABERNACLE this
morning the pastor, Rev. T, Dewitt Talmage.
D. D., read from the Book OF Proverbs some
lessons about honest thrift. He then gave out
the hymn beginning
1.-THE strife will not be long
This day the noise of battle.
The next the victor's song"
The boy choir chanted an opening aud
closing selection. DIR. Talmalges discourse
was entitled Behind the Counter; or, Trials
and Encouragements of Statesmen and Sales
women" lie took the two following passages
as his text: "And certain woman nMmed
Lydia, seller Of purple, Of the city OF Thya-
heart the Lord opened" Acts xvi, H.. "Seest
thou a man diligent in his business, he shall
stand before kings" Proverbs xxi. 20. The
The first passage introduces to you Lydia, a
Christian merchantess. Her business Is to
deal In purple cloths or silks. She is not
ashamed to work for her living. All the other
women of Phillppi and Thyatira have been
forgotten; but God has made immortal In our
text, Lydia, the Christian saleswoman.
The other text shows you man with head
and hand, and heart. and foot, all busy toiling
on up until he gains prineely success;
He shall stand before kings" Great encour,,
agement in these two passages for men and
women who WILL be busy, but no solace for
them, at the foot of the rainbow. a casket of
buried gold. It Is folly for anybody In this
world to wait for something to turn up. II will
as the law OF the, tides. Fortune: the
magician. may wave her arm in that dlrec-
lion until castles and palaces come; but she
all the splendors will vanish In thin air.
There are certain styles of behavior which
lead TO usefulness, honor, and permanent sue.
which lead TO dust dlshonor, and moral de.
fault l would like 10 fire the ambition of
young people. / have no sympathy with
by whiting % down R'ii their % sSpeStationy That
man or woman will be worth nothing to
church or state who begins life cowed down
The business OF Christianity is not to quench
but TO direct human ambition. There.
and utter words of encouragement
stores. C and shops and banking houses houses OF OF the the
country. You say; why select one class, and
talk toone specially this mornins?'' For tho
door Of hospital and throw in a bishel OF
ssSy'PdHIii soaT % %ke first feels the N%H pase se
watches the symptoms, and then Presoriibes
specific. The people in this audience who are
clerks are not an exceptional class. They
belong TO a great company OF tens of thousands
who are IN, this country. amid circumstances
which will either make or break them
Tor time and for eternity, l should be
very slow to acknowledge that the
any more honest or faithful than the clerks Of
our own CITY. Many of these people have
already achieved n Christian manllness and a
Christian womanlness which will he their
passport to any POSITION. | have seen their
trials. have watched their perplexlties.
There are evils abroad which need to be hunted
down; and dragged out into the MONDAY light.
In the nrst place counsel clerks 10 rcmem-
ber that for the most part their clerkship Ia
only school from which they are to he
graduated. IL takes about eight years N get
one Of the learned professions 1t takes about
eight years 10 get 10 be merchant, Some of
you WIN be clerks all your lives, but the vast
mnjorig of you are only in a transient posi.
tion. After awhile some December dav the
head men of the tffm will call YOU into the
back office, and they viii say to you "Now,
you have done well by us; we are going to do
well by you. We invite you to have an inter.
est in our concern" You win bow to that
,dict very gracefully. Getting into n street ca I
to PohOne, nm Old ComrudG will meet You aud
FBy;"What makes you look so happy to'night?'
90" you will say, "nothing no,hlng." But
in a few days yonr name VIII blossom ON the
sign. Either In the store or bank where YOU
are now or in some other store or bank, you
will take higher position than that which
YOU now occupy. SO feel to-day that | am
Standing before people who VIII yet have their
hand on the helm OF the worlds commerce.,
and yoU will turn II this way or that now